NY State Senate Bill 2015-S3742

Senate Bill S3742

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Creates a subpart of the housing part to handle cases involving condominiums and cooperative buildings

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Jan 06, 2016	referred to judiciary
Feb 17, 2015	referred to judiciary

2015-S3742 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A1934
Current Committee:: Senate Judiciary
Law Section:: New York City Civil Court Act
Laws Affected:: Amd §110, NYC Civ Ct Act
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: A871
2011-2012: S5250, A797
2013-2014: S1809, A372
2017-2018: S2143, A1988
2019-2020: S3350, A3301
2021-2022: S71, A1930
2023-2024: S1540, A1751

2015-S3742 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Creates a special subpart of the housing part within the NYC civil court to handle cases involving condominiums and cooperative buildings.

2015-S3742 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S3742

TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the New York city civil court act, in
relation to establishing a subpart to hear housing matters related to
cooperative and condominium buildings

PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

To create a separate part in the Housing Court to specialize in
housing matters arising in cooperative and condominium buildings.

SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 110 of the New York City civil court act is amended by adding
a new subdivision q to provide for a separate subpart of the housing
court which shall be devoted to actions and proceedings involving
cooperative and condominium buildings for such matters which are
within the jurisdiction of the Housing Court.

JUSTIFICATION:

A separate part of the Housing Court for housing matters arising in
cooperative and condominium buildings would, to a large degree, reduce
the congestion in other parts of the Housing Court by the removal of
these cases which are different from standard rental housing cases. It
would expedite the hearing of the cases relating to cooperatives and

condominiums, because they would be heard by judges more knowledgeable
in this area. This would result in better-honed and fairer decisions.

PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2009-10 A.871 - Referred to Housing
2007-08  A.3131 Referred to Housing
2005-06 A.1432 Referred to Housing/S.1791 - Referred to Judiciary
Housing
2003-04 A.2027 Referred to Housing
2001-02 A.1844 Referred to Housing/S.722 - Referred to Judiciary

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

Negligible. A separate part in Housing Court could be implemented
without increasing the number of judges in the space currently devoted
to Housing Court. The modest administrative cost of establishing this
program and screening incoming cases so as to direct those involving
cooperatives and condominiums to the new part will be quickly offset
by the time and money saved in expedited resolution of cases. Judges
versed in the relationships between the board and residents in these
resident owned and governed buildings will be able to hand down
decisions that interpret the law consistently and clearly. This should
also lead to an additional benefit in the form of fewer appeals, which
would even further reduce the burden on the courts.

EFFECTIVE DATE:

This act shall take effect 180 days after it shall have become law.

2015-S3742 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  3742

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 17, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by Sen. ESPAILLAT -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary

AN ACT to amend the New York city civil court act, in relation to estab-
  lishing  a  subpart to hear housing matters related to cooperative and
  condominium buildings

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Section 110 of the New York city civil court act is amended
by adding a new subdivision (q) to read as follows:
  (Q) A SEPARATE SUBPART OF THE HOUSING PART ESTABLISHED BY THIS SECTION
SHALL  BE  DEVOTED  TO ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS INVOLVING COOPERATIVE AND
CONDOMINIUM BUILDINGS FOR SUCH MATTERS WHICH ARE WITHIN THE JURISDICTION
OF THE HOUSING PART.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law.






 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00908-01-5

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